Combining G-Code Files

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Problem Statement

  • Slicers have limited ability to modify settings mid print.
  • It is useful to get granular control over properties of a printed object for optimizing production engineering
  • Or, it is useful to modify printed objects in post processing of g-code - to append more printing to a file. There are limits to how much flexibility one has in the slicer.
  • The solution here is to mix g-code files so certain layers have different properties (different slicer settings), or to modify parameters in the g-code itself.

Modifying Existing G-Code

Mixing Multiple Print Files

  • Use Gblend for this purpose - [1].
  • Download here. Need to compile from c code using gcc. [2]